Read Your Shelves (for heavier readers)

courtwj Host

20 participants (323 books)

01 Jan 2025—31 Dec 2025

Overview

I’m on a never ending quest to read my physical shelves. Feel free to join me in reading 4 books a month from your “shelves” for a total of 48 books in 2025. 

You can focus on backlist, kindle, audiobooks, books purchased prior to 2025…whatever works for you. Let’s do this!

Challenge Books

All books added
Jane Seymour: The Haunted Queen by Alison Weir

Jane Seymour: The Haunted Queen

Six Tudor Queens #3

Alison Weir

608 pages • paperback • 2018

fiction historical emotional informative sad slow-paced
What You Are Looking For Is in the Library by Michiko Aoyama

What You Are Looking For Is in the Library

Michiko Aoyama

223 pages • digital • 2020

fiction literary hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced
Pick-Up by Nora Dahlia

Pick-Up

Nora Dahlia

368 pages • paperback • 2024

fiction romance emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced
I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy

I'm Glad My Mom Died

Jennette McCurdy

6 hours, 25 minutes • audio • 2022

nonfiction memoir emotional reflective sad fast-paced
The Princess Bride by William Goldman

The Princess Bride

William Goldman

500 pages • paperback • 1973

fiction classics fantasy romance adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced
The Guest List by Lucy Foley

The Guest List

Lucy Foley

10 hours, 22 minutes • audio • 2020

fiction contemporary mystery thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced
With a Vengeance by Riley Sager

With a Vengeance

Riley Sager

382 pages • hardcover • 2025 user-added

fiction historical mystery thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Expiration Dates by Rebecca Serle

Expiration Dates

Rebecca Serle

268 pages • digital • 2024

fiction contemporary romance emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
Deeplight by Frances Hardinge

Deeplight

Frances Hardinge

432 pages • hardcover • 2019

fiction fantasy young adult adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
When the Wolf Comes Home by Nat Cassidy

When the Wolf Comes Home

Nat Cassidy

304 pages • paperback • 2025

fiction horror thriller dark emotional tense fast-paced